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EUR/AUD surpasses 1.4250, buyers discover new upside potential

FXstreet.com (Barcelona) - The EUR/AUD finished the day with strong gains, climbing another 203 pips to close at 1.4321 (highest daily close since March 16th, 2011).

HSBC China PMI misses, European PMI’s on Tap

In what has already been a busy economic schedule thus far in Asia trade, we will also see a number of important reports during the upcoming European session. HSBC China PMI was released earlier in the session at 1:45GMT, with the print coming in at 48.3 (a new 9 month low) vs. 49.4 forecast. Later in the day, we will see a number of PMI’s released including figures from Germany, France, Italy, and EU.

Strong technical set up continues to favor the bulls

The FXstreet.com trend index remains in bullish set up on the daily chart, while the ob/os index reads oversold. Price remains above both the 9 and 20dma’s, and the RSI (14) is maintaining firm ground above the 75 level. These are also bullish developments which could help keep pullbacks limited as we round out the week.

CNY: HSBC China PMI print comes in at 9 month lows

The HSBC China PMI figure was just released, with the print coming in lighter than expected at 48.3 vs. 49.4 forecast. This is also lower than the previous month’s print which came in at 49.2
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Deep red all across the Asia-Pacific

After the -1.35% close for US SP500 in NY following FED's tapering advance, local share markets are all in the deep red without exceptions. If not enough, worst HSBC flash manufacturing PMI figures in China in 9 months, has sent Hong-Kong's Hang-Seng leading the selling down -2.28%, while Shanghai Composite index is also down -1.13%.
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